Trim

Description

Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string.

Return value

A copy of string, after removing leading and trailing spaces.

Category

String functions

Syntax

Trim(string) 

See also

LTrim, RTrim

Parameters

Parameter Description
string
A string or a variable that contains one

Example

<h3>Trim Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myText")>
  <cfoutput>
    <pre>
      Your string:  "#FORM.myText#"
      Your string:  "#trim(FORM.myText)#"
      (trimmed on both sides)
    </pre>
  </cfoutput>
</cfif>
<form action = "trim.cfm">
<p>Type in some text, and it will be modified by trim to remove leading 
spaces from the left and right
<p><input type = "Text" name = "myText" value = "   TEST   ">
<p><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>

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